changes since 2008.1
- Incognito is now based on Hardened Gentoo, which should increase
resistance towards certain exploits and increase the system security
in general.
- The root user is now disabled. If you need root privileges, add
"debugmode" (without quotes) to the kernel command line in the boot
menu to set an empty password for root, then use the su command
to get root privileges.
- Fixed the evil double-click bug when running in VMWare.
- Applied a dirty fix for preventing the memory clearing on shutdown
to essentially hang the system by consuming all memory.
- Time (UTC) is now set using NTP whenever connected to a network. Tor
needs a somewhat accurate clock, so this should fix the time skew
problem experienced by some users in certain time zones.
- Added support for VirtualBox, including VirtualBox additions
(for mouse integration, time sync etc.)
- Added IcedTea, a Java VM built from OpenJDK.
- Added Freenet (http://freenetproject.org), an anonymous, distributed,
censorship resistent data store.
- Added i2p (http://www.i2p2.de), an anonymous overlay network.
- Added Twinkle, VoIP software with support for SIP, ZRTP and SRTP.
- Added KOffice integrated office suite.
- Tor 0.2.0.34
- TorK 0.31
- Firefox 3.0.10
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
- Linux 2.6.28
- New portage snapshot (2009-04-07) and major update of software base.
- Added a French translation of the walkthrough.
2008.1 changes since 2008.0 (i.e. 20080109.1)
- Added an Incognito Walkthrough which will launch upon start up.
- Added language support for Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Russian and
Swedish.
- Chinese and Japanese fonts should work better now. The new fonts
unfortunately increased the size of the ISO image quite a bit.
- Incognito now works in VMWare and includes device drivers and
open-vm-tools which should enhace the user experience greatly.
There's also a VMWare Virtual Appliance available from the
download section of the website.
- Preliminary support for VirtualBox has been added. But it does not
work out of the box (see the Incognito walkthrough for more info).
- New artwork. A huge thanks goes to dr|z3d for the work on the logo.
- Added kvkbd, an on-screen virtual keyboard suitable for entering
passwords when hardware keyloggers could be present.
- Added KeePassX, a password manager and generator.
- Added GNU Privacy assistant, a graphical user interface for GnuPG.
- Removed the Ksirc IRC client as it leaks to much information through
ctcp (local time, useragent etc). XChat and Pidgin are the preferred
IRC clients as they don't leak this information.
- Removed the Kopete instant messenger. Similarly, we have Pidgin for
this, and Kopete leaks information in IRC just like Ksirc does.
- Added Torbutton 1.2.0 as a replacement for the Firefox extensions
NoScript and CS Lite, which is both easier to use and more secure.
- Tor 0.2.0.30
- TorK 0.29.2
- Vidalia 1.6
- Firefox 2.0.0.16
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.14
- NetworkManager 0.6.6
- TrueCrypt 6.0a
- Linux kernel 2.4.24 (with Gentoo patches) with tons of drivers
added. In particular it's now possible to mount other storage media
for users willing to take that risk.
- New portage snapshot (2008-07-06) and major update of software base
including KDE 3.5.9.
- New (less confusing) versioning scheme: YEAR.INCREMENTALNUMBER,
with 2008.1 as this release (think of 20080109.1 as 2008.0).
26 Jan 2008
20080109.1 changes since 20070824.3:
- Removed fluxbox from full version (use KDE instead!).
- Fixed several bugs with encrypted file storage using truecrypt's
hidden volume (for plausible deniability). Now the normal volume
password should work. Some general usability improvements for the
creation process has also been incorporated. It's also possible to
completely disable the feature (and re-enable it).
- Added icon (for CD/USB devices in systems that support it).
- Fixed a bug where macchanger gave two or more interfaces the same
MAC ending.
- Fixed USB copying script so that it works while running from USB.
- Fixed KDED Media Manager (i.e. automounting through KDE).
- Fixed PCMCIA support.
- Tor 0.1.2.19
- Thunderbird 2.0.0.9
- Enigmail 0.95.6
- Thunderplunger 0.8
- Firefox 2.0.0.11
- Replaced CookieSafe (discontinued) with CS Lite 1.3.5.
- FireGPG 0.4.8
- NoScript 1.3.1
- firefox-quick-locale-switcher 1.6.3.7
- TorK 0.26
- Vidalia 0.16
- Linux kernel 2.6.23 (with gentoo patches)
- New portage snapshot (2008-01-09) and major update of software base.
- Dropped maintenance and development of Incognito tiny.
- New website: http://incognito.anonymityanywhere.com
- Pat has resigned and passed on maintenance to anonym.
03 Nov 2007
20070824.3 changes since 20070824.2:
- Tor 0.1.2.18
- TorK 0.22
- Vidalia 0.0.15
- Firefox 2.0.0.8
- Add ability to serve hidden content over a hidden service with
content stored in the home directory on a USB drive.
- Replace squid/privoxy with polipo
- Added "Extras" Konqueror toolbar for quick Java/JavaScript/Cookies
control.
- Added AdBlock Plus easylist to Konqueror
- Added AdBlock Plus 0.7.5.3 Firefox extension
- Added RefControl 0.8.9 Firefox extension for controlling the HTTP referer
- Added FireGPG 0.4.4 Firefox extension (http://firegpg.tuxfamily.org)
- Added 3proxy to tiny.
- Added TCGUI 0.93, a TrueCrypt UI on full.
- Added a boot menu option for enabling macchanger
- Include boot menu when run as virtual PC.
27 Sep 2007
20070824.2 changes since 20070824.1:
- Full version CD may be run in a virtual PC. For computers that do
not allow booting from media this allows Incognito to run on a Windows
x86 platform. Note that keystroke recorders may still be able to
capture what you type!
- Update script that copies to a USB drive to optionally format the
drive. (anonym)
- On tiny changed back from dhcp to dhcpcd as it is more robust and
some cards drop link status after the initial IP address. Full needs
to use dhcp because that is what NetworkManager requires.
- Add video driver fall back to VESA for video cards that are not
supported by a card specific driver.
- Use cookie authentication with Tor (more secure). Vidalia works again.
- Added paranoid settings for the NoScript and CookieSafe Firefox
extensions.
- Clean up task bar and background.
- Upgrade mixminion to 0.0.8 alpha3.
- Upgrade Firefox to 2.0.0.7.
- Upgrade NoScript Firefox extension to 1.1.7.2.
- Upgrade TorK to 0.20.
4 Sep 2007
20070824.1 changes since r200:
- Moved SVN to https://tor-svn.freehaven.net/svn/incognito
- Changed versioning scheme to use snapshot date plus increment
number.
- New snapshot, various upgrades, such as KDE 3.5.7.
- Tor 0.1.2.17
- Added mplayer and kplayer for video.
- Added more network hardware support.
- Added kmix for volume control.
- Added CookieSafe Firefox extension to control cookie permissions.
- Added EnigMail extension to Thunderbird.
- Added NetworkManager for easier configuration of the network
including entering wireless network keys.
- Added ThunderPlunger Thunderbird extension to keep disk space usage
lower.
- NoScript 1.1.6.17
- Firefox Quick Locale Switcher 1.6.3.1
- Fix bug in hardware configuration causing hardware requiring
firmware to fail.
- Added proxy config for links web browser.
- Fix title when opening existing TrueCrypt volume.
- Improve keymap handling. Remove keymap selection on full since the
language selection will do this. Use KDE built-in keymap selector.